Jessica Da Silva, LMFT

LET’S TALK ATTACHMENTS

I’m Jessica Da Silva—a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Attachment Coach, and author—here to help you transform the way you experience love through practical, relatable insight. Along with breaking down attachment styles in an easy-to-understand way, I share my own personal journey of moving toward secure attachment, real client stories, conversations with guest experts, and tools you can use to heal and create healthier relationships. Coaching: https://jessicadasilvacoaching.com/Instagram: @thejessicadasilvaTiktok: @jessicadasilvacoachingEmail: hello@jessicadasilvacoaching.com

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Jessica Da Silva, LMFT

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Latest episode

Jun 26, 2026

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Episodes

The Attachment Styles and Taking Things Personally 24.07.2024

If you have an anxious, dismissive avoidant, or fearful avoidant attachment style, it’s most likely you are self-conscious and therefore take things personally. This can be problematic as we can distort the reality of a situation and therefore engage in self-sabotaging behaviors. In this episode, I share how each insecure attachment style takes things personally, the implications, and how to stop....

How the Attachment Styles Experience Being Single 23.06.2024

In this weeks podcast episode I talk about how anxious, dismissive avoidant, fearful avoidant and secure attachments experience single-hood and ways to navigate these often challenging phases with more ease. —— 1:1 Attachment Coaching - www.jessicadasilvacoaching.com

Recovering From Heartbreak (Through a Secure Lens) 03.06.2024

In this episode, I share my personal experience of recovering from my recent breakup of almost 7 years (from a secure approach). Is the grass greener on the other side? Tune in to learn more :) _____ 1-1 Attachment Coaching With Me: https://www.jessicadasilvacoaching.com/coach-with-me-2

How to Communicate With Someone Who Has Fearful Avoidant Attachment Style 27.05.2024

Communication is important because it meets fundamental emotional needs that are at the root of our challenges. In this episode, you will learn helpful tips on how to communicate with someone who has a fearful avoidant attachment style.——— 1-1 Attachment Coaching: www.jessicadasilvacoaching.com

How to Communicate With Someone Who Has a Dismissive Avoidant Attachment Style 14.05.2024

Communication is important because it meets fundamental emotional needs that are at the root of our challenges. In this episode, you will learn what these emotional needs are for the dismissive avoidant attachment style, how to address them, and helpful tips for effective communication. ——— 1-1 Attachment Coaching: www.jessicadasilvacoaching.com

How to Communicate With Someone Who Has an Anxious Attachment Style 08.05.2024

Communication is important because it meets fundamental emotional needs that are at the root of our challenges. In this episode, you will learn what these emotional needs are, how to address them with those you love, and helpful tips on how to communicate effectively to create emotional intimacy. ——— Attachment Coaching (for individual’s and couples) - www.jessicadasilvacoaching.com

Four Steps to Connect to Your “Secure Self” 24.04.2024

In this week's podcast episode, I share four practical ways to connect to your “secure self” so that you can make decisions from a place of authenticity versus insecurity. —— Attachment Coaching - Let’s work together - www.jessicadasilvacoaching.com

To Stay or Break-up? Leaving My Relationship of Six Years (Personal Share) 04.04.2024

Many of you know I was in a relationship for over six years. Though it was a beautiful relationship and healthy in many ways, some major core differences and incompatibilities made it challenging. In this episode, I share the struggle with navigating fear versus truth in our decisions and the importance of trusting yourself. ——— 1:1 Attachment Coaching - www.jessicadasilvacoaching.com

Overcoming Relationship Jealousy With Shanenn Bryant 14.03.2024

Today on the podcast, we have Shanenn Bryant, a relationship confidence expert, and the host of the Top Self podcast. Shanenn has inspired thousands to break up with bogus beliefs, crack the control code, and overhaul their insecure habits. We talk about: -How jealousy can manifest in your relationships. -How to change your relationship to jealousy. -Viewing jealousy as a symptom and solution to y...

Trauma Recovery for Attachment Styles With Rowan Garlow 01.03.2024

Today on the podcast, we have Rowan Garlow, a trauma recovery practitioner who utilizes Voice Dialogue, Somatic Experiencing, Inner Child, and Soul Retrieval for healing and integrating unresolved trauma. We talk about: -What is trauma recovery work? -What attachment trauma looks like specifically. -How trauma manifests in our behaviors. -Why your “over-reactions” are gateways to your healing. -Ho...

Why We Tolerate Difficult Relationships 19.02.2024

In this episode, I talk about why each attachment style tolerates difficult or painful relationships, why we aren’t stuck to these ways of experiencing love, and tips on how to move beyond our limitations. —— Find me here: 1:1 Attachment Coaching - www.jessicadasilvacoaching.com Instagram - @thejessicadasilva

Simplifying the Four Attachment Styles with Dr. Anita Knight Kuhnley 08.02.2024

Dr. Anita Kuhnley is an author, esteemed scholar, expert counselor, and speaker who just released a book called “The Four Relationship Styles: How Attachment Theory Can Help in Your Search for Lasting Love.” We talk about: -The breakdown of each relationship style (aka attachment style). -Strengths and challenges of each attachment style. -How knowing the relationship styles help us in dating and...

Healthy vs. Unhealthy Compromise Within Relationships with Imani Tutt 01.02.2024

Imani Tutt, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Intuitive Coach talks about relationship compromise, why it’s normal, and healthy versus unhealthy compromising. ——- Find Imani here: https://imaniintouch.com Instagram: @imani.intouch ——- Find Jessica here: www.jessicadasilvacoaching.com Instagram: @thejessicadasilva

Difference Between Relationship Anxiety and Relationship OCD with Dr. Holly Batchelder 24.01.2024

In this week’s podcast episode, Dr. Holly Batchelder, a Seattle-based licensed clinical psychologist, shares her expertise on relationship anxiety and OCD, their major differences, how they manifest in our lives, and how to treat it to experience a fulfilling life. You can find Dr. Holly here: instagram: holly.phd webiste: www.hollyphd.com podcast: twinmindsunwind ——— You can learn more about atta...

Difference Between Needs and Expectations 05.01.2024

In this week's podcast episode, I talk about the difference between needs and expectations. Understanding this distinction can alleviate anxiety and create more fulfilling relationships. ————— 1:1 Attachment Coaching - https://www.jessicadasilvacoaching.com/coach-with-me-2 My Secure Self E-Course - https://jessicadasilva.mykajabi.com/my-secure-self-e-course

How To Stop Attracting Toxic People 27.12.2023

In this week's podcast episode, I address the fear many of us hold about why we attract toxic people and the real (transformative) questions we need to be asking ourselves instead. ————— 1:1 Attachment Coaching - https://www.jessicadasilvacoaching.com/coach-with-me-2 My Secure Self E-Course - https://jessicadasilva.mykajabi.com/my-secure-self-e-course

How Alcoholic Parent(s) Influence the Development of Our Attachment Style 18.12.2023

PODCAST In this week's podcast episode, I share how having alcoholic parents (one or both) can influence the development of anxious, dismissive avoidant or fearful avoidant attachment style, as well as steps you can take to shift these patterns and learned identity. ————— 1:1 Attachment Coaching - https://www.jessicadasilvacoaching.com/coach-with-me-2 My Secure Self - https://jessicadasilva.mykaja...

How I Navigate the Distance in My Relationship (Anxious - Avoidant Dynamic) 08.12.2023

In this week's podcast episode, I share my personal experience with navigating the distance in my relationship, as we tend to spend long periods apart due to the nature of his work. I also talk about the challenges of anxious-avoidant dynamics and how we make it work. ————— 1:1 Attachment Coaching - https://www.jessicadasilvacoaching.com/coach-with-me-2 My Secure Self - https://jessicadasilva.myka...

How To Navigate Relationship Ambivalence (Aka, Confusion and Indecision) 29.11.2023

Relationship ambivalence (aka, confusion or indecision) is very common for those of us who have an anxious, dismissive avoidant, or fearful avoidant attachment style. In this episode, I help you understand your ambivalence and give you steps to take on how to navigate these complexities with more clarity.

Putting Myself First with Alicia (Client Stories) 24.11.2023

Today on the podcast we have a special guest. Alicia is a former attachment coaching client of mine sharing her experience with having an anxious attachment style, learning to let go of control, prioritizing herself and her needs, healing from heartache and abandonment trauma, and understanding how her attachment style impacts so many significant areas of her life. ——————— $300 OFF Coupon Code: FL...

How to Measure Your Progress in Developing a Secure Attachment Style 16.11.2023

Dismantle misconceptions about developing a secure attachment style and learn how to measure your progress accurately. ——— Coach with me: jessicadasilvacoaching.com

How Each Attachment Style Experiences 5 Stages of a Relationship 26.10.2023

Learn about how each attachment style moves through the 5 relationship stages. This episode focuses highly on the insecure attachment styles (anxious, dismissive avoidant and fearful avoidant). ——— Coach with me: jessicadasilvacoaching.com

Normalizing “The Icks” in Dating and Relationships with Kelsey Wonderlin 10.10.2023

Today on the podcast, we have Kelsey Wonderlin. Kelsey is a licensed therapist and a dating and relationship coach. She helps women who struggle with anxiety attract & HOLD ONTO a healthy relationship. She is also passionate about debunking the myths many of us have been taught about what a healthy relationship looks like. In this episode, we dive deep into relationship anxiety, the realities of d...

Navigating a Break-Up As Someone With an Anxious Attachment Style with Alexa (Client Stories) 02.10.2023

Today we have a special guest, Alexa. She is a mother, a humanitarian, a leader, a former client of mine, and just a beautiful soul who was willing to come onto the podcast and share her story of navigating love with an anxious attachment style, how understanding attachment theory brought so much clarity to her marriage, the challenges that come with anxious-avoidant relationship dynamics, her gri...

Can We Change Our Attachment Style? (The Honest Truth) 26.09.2023

In this episode, I share what research says about whether we can actually change our attachment style. ——— Coach with me: www.jessicadasilvacoaching.com

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